Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World
... climate change will affect regions very differently. This is, for us, the most compelling reason to act rapidly. Climate change is already starting to affect some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities around the world. A worldwide average 3° centigrade increase (compared to preindustrial te ...
... climate change will affect regions very differently. This is, for us, the most compelling reason to act rapidly. Climate change is already starting to affect some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities around the world. A worldwide average 3° centigrade increase (compared to preindustrial te ...
Canadian Earth System Model CanESM2
... The Arctic is a region where climate change is amplified and therefore more easily detected and identified than in the global average. The observed climate change is driven by external climate forcing as well as by internal unforced natural climate variability. Disentangling the effects of these ext ...
... The Arctic is a region where climate change is amplified and therefore more easily detected and identified than in the global average. The observed climate change is driven by external climate forcing as well as by internal unforced natural climate variability. Disentangling the effects of these ext ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Physical Characteristics of
... The European Ecological Water Quality and Intercalibration action (EEWAI - 22002) of the Rural Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit of the JRC-IES, carries out research to help the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) through developing and harmonising the assessment methods for water ...
... The European Ecological Water Quality and Intercalibration action (EEWAI - 22002) of the Rural Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit of the JRC-IES, carries out research to help the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) through developing and harmonising the assessment methods for water ...
Seeing the climate? The problematic status of visual evidence in
... IPCC was, and is, to assess existing scientific reports published by the international scientific community in order to provide a comprehensive overview of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change. Comprised of scientists from a broad range of countries and a number of scientific discipl ...
... IPCC was, and is, to assess existing scientific reports published by the international scientific community in order to provide a comprehensive overview of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change. Comprised of scientists from a broad range of countries and a number of scientific discipl ...
Psychology and Climate Change - Australian Psychological Society
... Motivating change includes a range of strategies that have been identified in the social science literature for helping people to overcome barriers (McKenzie-Mohr, 2000; Stern, 2000. People need to know what they can do, what actions they can take, and why taking such actions can really make a diffe ...
... Motivating change includes a range of strategies that have been identified in the social science literature for helping people to overcome barriers (McKenzie-Mohr, 2000; Stern, 2000. People need to know what they can do, what actions they can take, and why taking such actions can really make a diffe ...
revised - Arctic Observing Summit
... Global anthropogenic CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions have risen from less than 10 gigatonnes (Gt) per year in 1950, to almost 40 Gt annually in recent times, with atmospheric CO2 levels unprecedented in the last 800,000 years (IPCC 2014). The impact of increased atmospheric CO2 is most pronou ...
... Global anthropogenic CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions have risen from less than 10 gigatonnes (Gt) per year in 1950, to almost 40 Gt annually in recent times, with atmospheric CO2 levels unprecedented in the last 800,000 years (IPCC 2014). The impact of increased atmospheric CO2 is most pronou ...
Global Environmental Challenges, Law, Spring 2006
... The “hottest” global environmental challenge facing humanity is climate change. The Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that the evidence of climate change as a result of human activity is unequivocal. An inevitable temperature increase of 2-3ºC suggests t ...
... The “hottest” global environmental challenge facing humanity is climate change. The Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that the evidence of climate change as a result of human activity is unequivocal. An inevitable temperature increase of 2-3ºC suggests t ...
Overview of IACCF
... policy action would be essential for this to happen and the associated costs would be “very high” (partly because existing plant would need to be replaced immediately rather than at the end of its lifespan). Figure 2 (to rear of this paper), taken from WEO2007, illustrate how such reductions might b ...
... policy action would be essential for this to happen and the associated costs would be “very high” (partly because existing plant would need to be replaced immediately rather than at the end of its lifespan). Figure 2 (to rear of this paper), taken from WEO2007, illustrate how such reductions might b ...
Extended Abstract
... is not seen in the temperature steps because extreme warm or cold periods are more common than extreme droughts or wet spells, thus are not averaged out in the total ensemble. The individual ensemble members of the CGCM3.1 T47 do simulate the variability of the third step in the observations well, b ...
... is not seen in the temperature steps because extreme warm or cold periods are more common than extreme droughts or wet spells, thus are not averaged out in the total ensemble. The individual ensemble members of the CGCM3.1 T47 do simulate the variability of the third step in the observations well, b ...
Climate Change and Poverty
... Goal 5: Improve maternal health, particularly in the Sub-Saharan region and Southern Asia. ...
... Goal 5: Improve maternal health, particularly in the Sub-Saharan region and Southern Asia. ...
The anti-politics of the Green Climate Fund: what is left to
... modalities anything significant that would change the ...
... modalities anything significant that would change the ...
Tools for measuring climate change impacts on urban drainage systems
... concept of vulnerability should be used with the concept of hazard in an urban drainage risk assessment approach. Hazard assessment can be, e.g. frequency of extreme weather events; vulnerability assessment is more site specific and can be, e.g. the amount of damage to a specific house due to floodi ...
... concept of vulnerability should be used with the concept of hazard in an urban drainage risk assessment approach. Hazard assessment can be, e.g. frequency of extreme weather events; vulnerability assessment is more site specific and can be, e.g. the amount of damage to a specific house due to floodi ...
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... reflect the relative cost of transporting each of these products. The farther the farmer is from the township government, the more likely the farmer will grow wheat and the less likely he will grow oil crops. Proximity to township government makes public extension more accessible. Access to extensio ...
... reflect the relative cost of transporting each of these products. The farther the farmer is from the township government, the more likely the farmer will grow wheat and the less likely he will grow oil crops. Proximity to township government makes public extension more accessible. Access to extensio ...
Japan`s submission on its updated strategies and approaches for
... held some seminars related to NDC implementation, such as the 25th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change9 and the Seminar for Capacity Development for Transparency to Implement the Paris Agreement, to share experiences and knowledge related to NDC implementation among governmental officials and res ...
... held some seminars related to NDC implementation, such as the 25th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change9 and the Seminar for Capacity Development for Transparency to Implement the Paris Agreement, to share experiences and knowledge related to NDC implementation among governmental officials and res ...
Dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems structure and function
... vegetation changes in northern, northeastern, and western China. Such vegetation dynamics, and associated mechanisms such as responses of NPP and heterotrophic respiration to rising [CO2] and regional climate change, would lead to corresponding changes in temporal and spatial patterns of carbon flux ...
... vegetation changes in northern, northeastern, and western China. Such vegetation dynamics, and associated mechanisms such as responses of NPP and heterotrophic respiration to rising [CO2] and regional climate change, would lead to corresponding changes in temporal and spatial patterns of carbon flux ...
Perverse incentives under the CDM: a comment - Working Paper 53 (757 kB) (opens in new window)
... is costly to itself. A lower discount rate and a larger instantaneous gain from preventing these bad projects would allow the EB to recoup these losses more quickly. These factors effectively enhance the value of having a reputation for being tough, and would hence make the threat to play Withhold mo ...
... is costly to itself. A lower discount rate and a larger instantaneous gain from preventing these bad projects would allow the EB to recoup these losses more quickly. These factors effectively enhance the value of having a reputation for being tough, and would hence make the threat to play Withhold mo ...
Vegetation–climate feedbacks modulate rainfall patterns in Africa
... of forests versus savannah and grassland may feed back to climate via shifts in the surface energy balance, hydrological cycle and resultant effects on surface pressure and larger-scale atmospheric circulation. We used a regional Earth system model incorporating interactive vegetation–atmosphere cou ...
... of forests versus savannah and grassland may feed back to climate via shifts in the surface energy balance, hydrological cycle and resultant effects on surface pressure and larger-scale atmospheric circulation. We used a regional Earth system model incorporating interactive vegetation–atmosphere cou ...
Northward Shifts of the Distributions of Spanish Reptiles in
... out of 30 species were the families Colubridae and Lacertidae. If these families are prone to shift their distributions in response to changes in climate, this might bias results. We used analysis of variance to examine whether the distance the northern extent of the distribution shifted northward v ...
... out of 30 species were the families Colubridae and Lacertidae. If these families are prone to shift their distributions in response to changes in climate, this might bias results. We used analysis of variance to examine whether the distance the northern extent of the distribution shifted northward v ...
Palmyra Coral d 18 O
... Are severe El Niño events becoming more frequent as global temperatures increase? ...
... Are severe El Niño events becoming more frequent as global temperatures increase? ...
Global Warming or Not: The Global Climate Is Changing and the
... accepted global warming as a serious and significant threat.32 While a small group of dissenting scientists has been vocal in questioning the climate change theories, the IPCC assessments are "the most widely accepted statements ever on climate change."33 The results of continued greenhouse gas emis ...
... accepted global warming as a serious and significant threat.32 While a small group of dissenting scientists has been vocal in questioning the climate change theories, the IPCC assessments are "the most widely accepted statements ever on climate change."33 The results of continued greenhouse gas emis ...
DrieD up, DrowneD out - TILZ
... singly, bilaterally or multilaterally) is needed to create an effective, imaginative long-term policy framework. This is necessary if business and industry are to have the confidence to move forward, in partnership with governments as necessary, with a rapid and effective investment programme to red ...
... singly, bilaterally or multilaterally) is needed to create an effective, imaginative long-term policy framework. This is necessary if business and industry are to have the confidence to move forward, in partnership with governments as necessary, with a rapid and effective investment programme to red ...
18 September 2008
... The islands are a scattering of low lying islands in a horseshoe shape stretching roughly 30 kilometres in a north-south direction, with a total land area of 0.6 square kilometres and a maximum elevation of 1.2 metres above sea level. All of the islands are on the edge of the lagoon and the populati ...
... The islands are a scattering of low lying islands in a horseshoe shape stretching roughly 30 kilometres in a north-south direction, with a total land area of 0.6 square kilometres and a maximum elevation of 1.2 metres above sea level. All of the islands are on the edge of the lagoon and the populati ...
Scottish Government specification for CCC advice on the Scottish
... advice from the CCC. It is understood that the CCC may also wish to provide further advice and analysis on other aspects of future targets and legislation. 1) Appropriate level of future emissions The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 sets a long-term emissions reductions target for 2050, with an i ...
... advice from the CCC. It is understood that the CCC may also wish to provide further advice and analysis on other aspects of future targets and legislation. 1) Appropriate level of future emissions The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 sets a long-term emissions reductions target for 2050, with an i ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""